wanderlust

The story

1. Middle High Germanwandern
2. Germanwandern
3. Middle High Germanlust
4. GermanLust
5. GermanWanderlust
6. English todaywanderlust

Borrowed from German Wanderlust (“an urge to travel; a love of the ‘great outdoors’”), from wandern (“to wander; to hike”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn; to wind”)) + Lust (“a desire, a wish to do or have something; fun, pleasure”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to separate; to set free; to untie”)); analysable as wander + lust.

Words from the same roots